Indian Missile News And Discussion

[ramana]

Pontoon launch of K-15



DRDO plans K-15 launch

DRDO plans another K-15 missile launch







T.S. Subramanian







From a pontoon 10-20 metres below the sea surface





It will climb 20 km in air before cutting a parabolic path and travelling over 700 km



K-15 will be part of the arsenal of first nuclear-powered submarine Arihant



CHENNAI: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) plans another test-firing of the K-15 missile from a pontoon off the coast of Visakhapatnam.



Developed under the Sagarika project, the K-15 has been test-fired several times from submerged pontoons off Visakhapatnam.



The pontoon, simulating the conditions of a submarine, will be positioned about 10 to 20 metres below the sea surface. A gas-charged booster will erupt into life, driving the two-stage missile to the surface. The missile's first stage will then ignite and it will climb 20 km in the air before cutting a parabolic path and travelling over a range of 700 km.



The missile, which is under production, can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads. It will form part of the lethal arsenal of the country's first nuclear-powered submarine, Arihant, which is undergoing sea trials. India is building two more such submarines.



The DRDO is developing a K-4 underwater-launched missile, which will have a range of 3,000 km. Developmental tests of the missile's gas-booster have taken place from a pontoon.



The sixth launch of the interceptor missile, developed by the DRDO, is scheduled for the first fortnight of February. A modified Prithvi missile, taking off from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur on the Orissa coast, will act as an “enemy” missile.



The interceptor, to be fired from the Wheeler Island, off Damra on the State's coast, will ambush the “enemy” missile in endo-atmosphere at an altitude of 15 km.



Sources in the DRDO called it “a tricky mission” because the attacker would have a manoeuvrable trajectory and try to dodge the interceptor from homing in on it. Of the five earlier missions, four were successful.

[Bharat_2009]

BrahMos Block III. This is something !! Can Shourya take out silos like BrahMos? Regarding Chinese DF-21 anti-ship missile, with so much hype surrounding, is it a Hypersonic boost glide conventional/nuclear missile, like Shourya, Agni II (Prime), K4, K15 ? !! Something is going on in the neighborhood !!

[ramana]

Arun, Talk by Dr Pillai in the run up to Aero India 2011!



LINK



The A-V has a sketch like you did and is MIRV.





And good overview of IGMP



watch out @

0930 - 1000 hrs

Dr. A.Sivathanu Pillai

CC R&D & CEO, BrahMos

“Cruise Missile Technology – Present & Future”

http://aeroindialive.nic.in/

[ramana]

Nerpa and Arihant will Augment Indian Navy’s Declining Submarine Strength

..:: India Strategic ::..



By Cmde (Retd) Ranjit B Rai

The Author is a Former Director Naval Operations (DNO) and Naval Intelligence (DNI).



and



More improtantly he writes:

The nuclear submariners see the year 2012 as a game changing year when INS Arihant joins, and it is reported that two more ATVs are planned. The second hull will have four large long range K-4 nuclear tipped missiles and the third may have an additional plug for a total of eight K-4 missiles.

So Arihant be the K-15 boat and second and third will be K-4 boats(total 12 missiles) which makes the PRC deterrent in place.

[Bharat_2009]

"The nuclear submariners see the year 2012 as a game changing year when INS Arihant joins, and it is reported that two more ATVs are planned. The second hull will have four large long range K-4 nuclear tipped missiles and the third may have an additional plug for a total of eight K-4 missiles"





Now it is getting more and more clear.



First 3 x SSBNs (Arihant class)



ATV 1 - 12 X K15s (750 to 2000 km)



ATV-2 - 4 X K4s ( more than 4000 km)



ATV-3 - 4 or 8 x K4s (not sure whether it will have 4 or 8 launch tubes)



Next 3 x SSBNs (Bigger class subs)



Agni III SLBM will come in to action. ( It will be nice to have 24 launch tubes per sub)



Old reports talked about 9 x SSNs ( I guess they are still debating about it)

[Arun_S]

I[url="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/136768/india-has-technology-defend-satellites.html"]ndia has technology to defend satellites: Saraswat[/url]

Bangalore, Feb 11, (PTI):

India did not believe in space wars but had all the technology required to integrate systems to defend its satellites, V K Saraswat, Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, said on Friday.

"Our country does not have a policy to attack anybody in space. We don't believe in it. But as part of the Ballistic Missile Defence Programme, we have all the technology elements which are required to integrate a system through which we can defend our satellites or take care of future requirements."



As a country, "we do not believe in space wars", he said in response to a query whether India had anti-satellite weapon capabilities.



India did not have a formal anti-satellite weapon policy of attacking satellites in space, but was well geared in case of any eventuality, he told reporters here.



Giving updates on the various defence programmes, he said the 'Nirbhay' project, relating to a subsonic medium range cruise missile, is undergoing integration and the first flight trial is expected early next year.



Discussing the Hypersonic cruise missile, he said it was one of the most complex technologies under development with only two countries -- US and Australia -- having done it so far. He said the engine for the missile had undergone a test of 20-second duration on the ground and had performed "reasonably well".



He expected that in early next year the flight test of Hypersonic Cruise Vehicle can be conducted in which they would be able to demonstrate the flight engine at an altitude of 30 kms.



Giving an update on Agni-V missile, he said all the rocket rotors, first stage, second stage and third stage have been developed. "We will ground test it," he said adding the software and hardware essential for control of guidance for a long-range missile is being developed.



"We expect that by end of this year we will have the first flight of Agni-V," he said.



Talking about the Fifth Generation fighter Aircraft programme, Saraswat said DRDO's six laboratories were part of the programme and involved in bringing new technology in the field of avionics, test and evaluation, material composite.HAL and DRDO would benefit from the programme, he said.



Prahlad, DRDO Chief Controller, said as per the global norm in joint venture, the 'background IP' is held with the respective countries, while the foreground IP (developed during the joint venture) will be shared between both, and given to others with mutual consent.



On the Arjun programme, he said MBT Arjun is already under production with the first order of 124 tanks followed by another order of 124 tanks. Another variant of the MBT Mark two was expected to go into production by early 2014.India had all relevant technologies to build an aircraft, which were comparable to international standards, he said.



"All the elements of aerospace are today within our grip," he said, be it the range of aircraft, the testing range and capabilities to integrate all weapons and sensors on any of the aircraft.



Saraswat said the Arihant programme is on schedule.Replying to a question on removal of nine entities from the entity list of the US, he said he welcomed the move but said much would depend on the licensing policy of the US with regard to dual use technologies where American laws were very stringent.



The move is also expected to accelerate the R and D programme with US while India has already identified 30 programmes with Washington.



Talking about expected defence budgetary expectations, Saraswat, he said last year it was Rs 9000 crore and this year it was expected to be around Rs 9000 to 12,000 crore

[Bharat_2009]

Laghu Shakti turbofan engine - is it for the Nirbhay??

[Arun_S]

[quote name='Bharat_2009' date='16 February 2011 - 07:11 AM' timestamp='1297820023' post='110775']

Laghu Shakti turbofan engine - is it for the Nirbhay??

[/quote]



400 Kgf Thust of engine gives an idea of the total mass of the cruising craft (choose lift to drag ratio of similar sized vehicles ~ 6- 12). 3-4000 Kg craft. Sounds to me more for UAV or loitering missile. rather than Nirbhay; unless Nirbhay is a very long range mijjile.

[Arun_S]

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[Arun_S]

So if Nirbhay is a 1000 kg missile the Laghu Shakti is bet too giant for it.



So UAV (Rustam) will be a more appropriate frame fit for the Laghu Shakti

DATE:17/02/11

SOURCE:Flight International India plots first flight for Nirbhay cruise missile By [email=""]Radhakrishna Rao[/email]



India's Nirbhay subsonic cruise missile will make its first flight during 2012, with systems integration work under way, says Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief V K Saraswat.



To be fired eventually from a variety of land, naval and air platforms, the Nirbhay is planned as a supplement to the larger Indian/Russian BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.



With a planned launch weight of around 1,000kg (2,200lb), the Nirbhay will use a terrain-following navigation system to reach its target at distances up to 1,000km (540nm). The weapon will carry multiple warheads, according to the DRDO.

[Arun_S]

[url="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1514501.ece?css=print"]Interceptor missile successfully destroys ‘attacker’[/url]

March 6, 2011 10:55 IST | Updated: March 6, 2011 12:30 IST Hyderabad, March 6, 2011



Y. Mallikarjun

T+  Â·   T- In a successful interception test, an indigenously-developed Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile destroyed an incoming target missile, a modified Prithvi, at an altitude of 16 km over the Bay of Bengal on Sunday. According to Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) sources, the modified Prithvi, which mimicked an incoming enemy missile took off from Chandipur, while the interceptor was launched from Wheeler Island within a few moments. As the “attacker” missile reached a height of 120 km and began its downward trajectory, the AAD equipped with state-of-the-art guidance system zeroed in on to the target and destroyed it at 9.37 a.m. The falling debris was tracked by various radars and sensors.



The sources said the entire mission went off in a copybook fashion and the trajectories of the both the missiles followed the pre-designated paths.



The Long Range radars and Multi Function Fire Control Radar tracked the target missile and passed on the information to the Mission Control Centre to launch the interceptor.



The test was carried out as part of India’s plan to deploy in the next few years a two-layered Ballistic Missile Defence shield to intercept and destroy incoming enemy missiles in endo- and exo-atmospheres.



Sunday’s test was witnessed by Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister V.K. Saraswat and other top DRDO officials.



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[url="http://www.dnaindia.com/print710.php?cid=1516204"]India successfully test-fires interceptor missile[/url]

PTI / Sunday, March 6, 2011 10:46 IST India successfully test-fired indigenously developed interceptor missile, capable of destroying any incoming hostile ballistic missile, today from Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island off Orissa coast.



"Aimed at developing a full fledged multi-layer Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system, the trial was carried out from two launch sites of ITR off Orissa coast," defence sources said.



Describing the trial as successful, they said the whole exercise is to achieve "desired result with precision".



The 'hostile' target ballistic missile, a modified surface-to-surface 'Prithvi', was first lifted off from a mobile launcher around 0933 hours from the launch complex-3 of ITR at Chandipur-on-Sea, 15 km from Balasore.



Within four minutes, the interceptor, Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile positioned at Wheeler Island, about 70 km across sea from Chandipur received signals from long ranging tracking radars installed along the coastlines, and then travelled through the sky at a speed of 4.5 Mach to a definite altitude over the Bay to destroy it, sources said.



"After the launch of 'target' and 'hit' missiles from their launch sites, detailed results and the 'kill' effect of the interceptor were being ascertained by analysing data from multiple tracking sources," a Defence Research Development (DRDO) scientist said soon after both the missiles roared in to the skies leaving behind a thin white ribbon of smokes.



"While the interceptor designed for endo-atmospheric condition (up to 30 km altitude) is a seven-meter long and single stage solid rocket propelled guided missile, equipped with an inertial navigation system, a hi-tech computer and an electro-mechanical activator under command by the data uplinked from sophisticated ground based radars, the interceptor designed for exo-atmospheric condition is a two stage missile," sources said.



URL of the article: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_ind...516204-all

[Arun_S]

AAD has all that is required to prove ASAT mission. Satellite trajectory is far more accurately predictable compared to missile.

In its current ABM confign, it can take down only low earth sats.



PAD is capable of much higher altitude, thus more appropriate for ASAT role. PAD OTOH is a temp vehicle, and in future it will surely be replaced by a larger solid fueled missile (much bigger than AAD, IMHO ~ 3500 Kg mass), and that type of vehicle can easily take down SATS in 900 Km orbit.



[url="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1515159.ece"]Capability to neutralise enemy satellites proved[/url]

T. S. Subramanian

• Y. Mallikarjun

[url="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=20"]March 7, 2011 01:18 IST | Updated: March 7, 2011 01:18 IST CHENNAI, March 7, 2011 [/url] T+  Â·   T- The fresh success of the interceptor missile mission on Sunday has demonstrated the country's capability to neutralise adversarial satellites in space, according to V.K. Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister.



India has “all the technologies and building blocks which can be used for anti-satellite missions” in the low-earth and polar orbits. However, “India's policy is that it will not weaponise space, and we are committed to the peaceful uses of outer space,” he said.



Out of the six interceptor missions conducted so far by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), five have been successful.





“Fantastic success”

Dr. Saraswat, who is also the DRDO Director-General, called Sunday's mission “a fantastic success.” The interceptor boasted new technologies such as directional warhead, fibre-optic gyroscopes and a radio-frequency seeker that guided the interceptor to attack the incoming “enemy missile” at an altitude of 16 km above the Bay of Bengal.



The incoming missile, a modified Prithvi, blasted off at 9.32 a.m. from the launch complex III of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Orissa. It mimicked the trajectory of a ballistic missile with a 600-km range. In no time, radars at different locations swung into action, tracking the “enemy” missile, constructing its trajectory and passing on the information in real time to the Mission Control Centre (MCC) to launch the interceptor, an Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile. It had a directional warhead to go so close to the adversarial missile before exploding to inflict the maximum damage on it. The interceptor had state-of-the-art guidance systems to achieve a manoeuvrable trajectory.



The MCC identified the attacker as a ballistic missile and assigned it to the Launch Control Centre (LCC) on Wheeler Island. After making quick calculations, the LCC launched the interceptor “right on the dot at the required instant,” Dr. Saraswat said. The AAD soared into the sky at 9.37 a.m. from Wheeler Island to take care of the “threat.”



The interceptor manoeuvred in the direction of the target, which was called the “least energy manoeuvre,” he said. The interceptor raced into the sky at 4.5 Mach. In the terminal phase of the attacker's flight, as it was hurtling towards the earth, the interceptor's radio frequency seeker “acquired the target, rolled the interceptor in the right direction and, when it was a few metres from the target, gave the command to the directional warhead to explode,” Dr. Saraswat explained.



The warhead detonated, blasting the attacker to pieces. The ground-based radars and the sensors on board the targeted missile tracked the debris, which rained down over the Bay of Bengal, “confirming a very good kill,” the DRDO Director-General said. “Based on the data from the target, a 100 per cent kill was achieved.” The radars were located at Konark and Kendrapara, near Paradip, in Orissa.



V.L.N. Rao, Programme Director; Avinash Chander, Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory, DRDO, Hyderabad; K. Sekhar, Chief Controller (Missile Systems and Low Intensity Conflict), DRDO; and S.P. Dash, Director, ITR, were present on Wheeler Island. Defence Minister A.K. Antony congratulated the DRDO missile technologists on the successful demonstration of the ballistic missile defence system.



Dr. Saraswat said the next test would be done later this year to intercept a 2000-km-range incoming missile at an altitude of 150 km. India's plans for putting in place the first phase of the two-layered ballistic missile defence shield by 2012 and the second phase by 2016 were on course. This would be done by integrating it with the Air Defence System of the Indian Air Force and the Army.



Only the U.S., Russia, France, Israel and India have the capability to put in place a ballistic missile defence shield. China is still developing it. It conducted an anti-ballistic missile test on January 11, 2010. The target missile, launched from Xichang, was intercepted and destroyed at an altitude of 700 km by a KT-2 variant missile that took off from near Korla in Xinjiang province.

[Raj Malhotra]

[quote name='Arun_S' date='22 February 2011 - 01:39 PM' timestamp='1298361687' post='110883']

400 Kgf Thust of engine gives an idea of the total mass of the cruising craft (choose lift to drag ratio of similar sized vehicles ~ 6- 12). 3-4000 Kg craft. Sounds to me more for UAV or loitering missile. rather than Nirbhay; unless Nirbhay is a very long range mijjile.

[/quote]



Might get de-rated for cruise missile use??

[Arun_S]

[quote name='Raj Malhotra' date='07 March 2011 - 10:37 PM' timestamp='1299517142' post='111045']
Might get de-rated for cruise missile use??
[/quote]




Possible.



Or may a larger longer range CM to reach Chinese heartland (pearl river or chinese river of sorrow) catchment area.



BTW CM does not require BM test notification, and is considered less escalatory compared to Ballistic Missile, thus more useble in war. Think about targets in unstable Africa and arabian peninsula.

[Guest]

[url="http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article1588877.ece"]U.S. wants to use India in missile shield against Russia, China'[/url]

The United States has been trying to rope in India for its plans to build a global missile defence system threatening Russia and China, the Komsomoloskaya Pravda, a popular Russian daily published from Moscow reported on Thursday.



In a story based on the WikiLeaks releases, the report said the U.S. has not only been planning to deploy a missile shield against Russia in Europe, but had also been negotiating with countries along Russia's borders, such as Japan and India, to jointly build missile defences that would also target Russia.



“The noose [around Russia] is tightening,” the newspaper said. “Thanks to WikiLeaks, it has become known that Washington has been simultaneously conducting talks with countries in other parts of the world for building U.S. missile defences on their territories. Those are different countries, but they form a chain around Russia.”



A 2007 confidential cable from the U.S. embassy in New Delhi carried by the daily refuted media reports that India had abruptly turned its back on a 2005 agreement with the U.S. to cooperate on missile defences. The cable said the Indian media had misinterpreted remarks by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee after the Russia-India-China trilateral meeting in Harbin, China, on October 24, 2007. Mr. Mukherjee had dismissed as “groundless” the idea that India was going to join a U.S.-led missile defence system.



MISCONSTRUED



“MEA contacts confirm this did not mean India was not interested in continuing to cooperate with the U.S. on missile defence technology and that there has been no change from the current level of bilateral missile defence cooperation,” the U.S. embassy cable said.



The “MEA contacts” explained that Mr. Mukherjee's comments were “misconstrued” by the Indian press. When Mr. Mukherjee said that “India does not take part in such military arrangements,” the officials said, he had had in mind the U.S. plan to install a missile-detection system in Europe, which his Russian and Chinese counterparts referred to in the same press interaction.



“MEA Director Amandeep Singh Gill [Disarmament and International Security] confirmed to PolOff on October 26 that Mr. Mukherjee's comment in Harbin cannot be interpreted as a deviation from the status quo of current U.S.-India Military Defence cooperation,” the cable said.



The embassy recalled: “Then-Defence Minister Mukherjee and SecDef [U.S. Secretary of Defence] Rumsfeld agreed to expand collaboration relating to missile defence in the July 2005 U.S.-India Defence Framework Agreement.”



Indo-U.S. collaboration on missile defence “has thus far been confined to technical and fact-finding discussions,” the cable said, noting that “the GOI has focused its attention increasingly on developing indigenous MD system capabilities.”



RING OF SYSTEMS



The Russian newspaper said the U.S. had “cast a fishing net over India” to get it to join the U.S. plans for building a ring of missile defence systems encircling Russia.



EYEING RESOURCES?



Washington's “plans to deploy missile defences along Russian borders — first in Europe, then in other places — may result in a situation where they will twist our hands to make us share our natural riches,” the daily said.

[ramana]

They want to locate an ABM radar in Nagpur area to feed their EW system.

[Arun_S]

From below see the weight of the UCAV.



I had earlier suggested that Indian UCAV will be inspired by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiG_Skat"]Mig-SKAT[/url] configuration, heavily using subsystems and know how from Tejas/LCA project.







[url="http://www.samachar.com/India-quietly-begins-combat-drone-project-leldMadbjcf.html?source=recommended_news"]India quietly begins combat drone project[/url][url="http://www.samachar.com/India-quietly-begins-combat-drone-project-leldMadbjcf.html?source=recommended_news"]

Rajat Pandit, TNN | Apr 11, 2011, 01.23am IST

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NEW DELHI: [url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/India"]India[/url] is quietly going ahead with an ambitious programme to develop its own stealth [url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/search?q=UCAVs"]UCAVs[/url] (unmanned combat aerial vehicles) or 'smart' drones capable of firing missiles and bombs at enemy targets with precision.



Talking about the secretive AURA (autonomous unmanned research aircraft) programme for the first time, [url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/search?q=Defence%20Research%20and%20Development%20Organization"]Defence Research and Development Organization[/url] (DRDO) told TOI that the aim is to develop the UCAVs for IAF in seven to eight years.



"With Rs 50 crore as seed money, a full-fledged project team with 15-18 scientists has already begun work on the UCAV's preliminary design and technology. With on-board mission computers, data links, fire control radars, identification of friend or foe, and traffic collision avoidance systems, they will be highly intelligent drones," DRDO's chief controller R&D (aeronautics) Dr Prahlada said.



"Capable of flying at altitudes of 30,000 feet and weighing less than 15 tonnes, the UCAVs will have rail-launching for the missiles, bombs and PGMs (precision-guided munitions) they will carry," he added.



The realisation that UCAVs are "game-changers in modern-day warfare" has been reinforced by the successful use of American 'Predator' and 'Reaper' drones, armed with Hellfire and other missiles, against the [url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Taliban"]Taliban[/url] in the Af-Pak region.



"But unlike Predators, which are like aircraft, our UCAVs will be more of 'a flying-wing' in design. This will ensure they have a low radar cross-section to evade enemy sensors," said Dr Prahlada.



[url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Pakistan"]Pakistan[/url], incidentally, has been after the US to get Predators but so far has only managed to extract assurances for supply of the unarmed 'Shadow' drones for intelligence-gathering missions.



DRDO, on its part, is confident of developing the UCAVs mainly on its own, with "some foreign consultancy or collaboration" in fields like stealth as well as autonomous short-run take-off and landing.



Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) at [url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Bangalore"]Bangalore[/url] is the main nodal [url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/search?q=DRDO"]DRDO[/url] lab for the AURA project, with others like Defence Avionics Research Establishment (Bangalore), [url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/search?q=Defence%20Electronics%20Application%20Lab"]Defence Electronics Application Lab[/url] (Dehradun) and Gas Turbine Research Establishment (Bangalore) chipping in.



As earlier reported by TOI, apart from spy drones, India already has some "killer" drones like Israeli Harpy and Harop UAVs. These drones basically act as cruise missiles by detecting and then destroying specific enemy targets and radars by exploding into them.



UCAVs are much more advanced, almost like fighter jets in the sense that they let loose missiles on enemy targets before returning to home bases to re-arm themselves for the next mission.



IAF is also exploring "add-ons or attachments" to its existing fleet of Israeli Heron and Searcher-II UAVs to upgrade them from their present surveillance and precision-targeting roles into some sort of combat drones.



Infograph



* UAVs are major force-multipliers for their ability to send back real-time imagery of enemy targets with their sensors and cameras. They are cost-effective and eliminate risk of aircrew being killed since they are remotely-piloted from far away.



* Armed drones like 'Predators', controlled through satellites from thousands of miles away, are being used to fire 'Hellfire' missiles to devastating effect against the Taliban in Af-Pak region.



* UCAVs (combat UAVs) being currently developed may well replace manned fighter jets in the years ahead for medium and long-range tactical as well as strategic bombing missions.

[Bharat_2009]

3 stage Agni V ICBM - 3D model.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAJf8_L-O...ideo_title

[Bharat_2009]

India will be well set with Nirbhay long range cruise missile, Agni V, K4 - Submarine launched Hypersonic Boost Glide Missile, Agni III SLBM and Arihant class nuke subs II and III by 2015. It is only a question of time.

[emperor]

^^^^

A small snippet,



The next phase of ABM will get modular configuration. Means PDV or AAD-II can be configured with additional boosters in a short span of time.Software will be capable of dealing with this in both modes, normal and extra stage+ configurations. Hence any ABM of phase-II is highly capable for Anti-sat role. Even the LRTR picks the sats in the low earth orbit during its normal routine.And it classifies and identities them accordingly.